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Baltimore label Friends Records just released a free 15-track compilation CD that “includes new/exclusive tracks from Friends Records artists and their/our friends.” Bands included are Weekends, Future Islands, Height with Friends, Lands & Peoples, and many more. You can download it for free HERE. (via)

Future Islands – Virgo (live at dublab)

Sidenote:  Future Islands will be playing Floristree this friday (4/30) with Double Dagger for their album release party for In Evening Air.

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MIA’s new video (NSFW) for “Born Free” seems to be burning up the web with controversy.  Personally i think it’s pretty bad ass.  More importantly though, the song itself finds MIA going in a less electronic and more punk/band direction.  So to me the focus should really be on that, not the video.  It begs the question, is MIA going the route of MGMT after her “Paper Plane” success, basically saying “i am gonna do whatever the f i want, and you might not like it”?  I wouldn’t expect anything less from her, and i hope she does.

MIA – Born Free (Stream)

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As i wrote about a bit ago, Sally Shapiro is coming out with a remix EP of their wonderful 2009 release My Guilty Pleasure.  Johan (the 2nd half of Sally Shapiro) was nice enough to send me the Lovelock remix of “Save Your Love”, which slows down the tempo a bit and turns up the “sexy quotient”.  Really digging this.

Sally Shapiro – Save Your Love (Lovelock Remix)

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I’ve had the pleasure of listening to an advanced copy of The National’s upcoming album High Violet (out 5/11) the past week, and all i can say is go to the New York Times website to stream it ASAP (available until 4/27).  This might be their best album to date, and this is coming from a pretty huge fan of Alligator. This album takes the intensity of Alligator and mixes in the atmospheric beauty of Boxer…and then some.

The National certainly won’t be making it easy on anyone come best of 2010 list time.

Stream High Violet here.

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